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And if it cannot be decided after dinner, the Grand Master
must refer it to a special Committee, that shall quickly adjust
it and make report to the next Grand Lodge ; that so broth­
erly love may be preserved.
To prevent any difference or disgust which may be feared
to arise that day, that so no interruption may be given to the
harmony and pleasure of the General Assembly and Grand
. Feast.
To consult about whatever concerns the decency and de­
corum of the Grand Assembly, and to prevent ill manners,
the Assembly being promiscuous, that is, of all sorts of Five
Masons.—(0. R.,Jrt 28.)
This however was found so inconvenient and disconsonant
with the intention of a day of mirth, that it was soon after,
on Nov. 25, 1723, ordained, That there should be no petitions
or appeals on the day of the General Assembly and Feast.
—(.V. R.. Art. 13.)
ART. 6. The Grand Lodge must be formed before dinner.
—(Sic Grand Master, Art. 1, 2, 3.
ART. 7. It was formerly the custom, after the Grand
Master was proposed, for the Grand Master, the Deputy, the
Grand Wardens, the Stewards, the Treasurer, the Secretary,
the Clerks, and every other person, to withdraw and leave
the Masters and Wardens of particular Lodges alone; in
order to their amicable consulting about the election of a new
Grand Master, or the continuing of the present another year;
if the said Masters and Wardens had not met and done it
the day before.
And if they agreed by a majority to continue the present
Grand Master, his Worship was called in; and alter thanks,
was humbly desired to do the Fraternity the honor of ruling
them another year. And after dinner, and not before, it
was made known whether he accepted of it or not.—( Old
Rg. Art. 29.